a week dedicated to the most exquisite contemporary jewellery 05.03 – 13.03.2018

Munich Jewellery Week

Munich Jewellery Week is an independent initiative that supports and communicates the yearly citywide jewellery exhibitions that run parallel to Handwerk & Design expo, and its historic jewellery exhibitions: Meister der Moderne, Schmuck and Talente.

5 – 13 March 2018, Munich Jewellery Week will showcase avant-garde contemporary jewellery by both established and up-and-coming designers from all over the world. This yearly gathering is by far the most significant event on contemporary jewellery’s calendar; it’s a unique phenomenon which plays a pacemaking role in the contemporary jewellery field.

Hundreds of makers, students, educators and collectors come from all over the world to be inspired by MJW’s diverse programme that ranges from artist-run exhibitions, book launches and lectures, to performances, mobile presentations and parties.

Over the past decade, the gradual and organic expansion of the independent city exhibitions has boomed to a remarkable 100+ initiatives, establishing a self-ruled dynamic community of local and international artists.

Title Munich Jewellery Week was coined in 2015 by Current Obsession, to give a name to this extraordinary collective effort, and associate it to other professional fashion and design weeks around the world.

Our aim is to represent the multitude of these impressive independent events as a whole, to give them a recognisable visual identity and to offer clear information to new participants, press and international visitors.

A group of Royal College of Art students will display their work in a rare and roving jewellery and object exhibition. The exhibition will be a guerilla-style installation where the students will display 20 mini-exhibition cases of experimental work that will travel the streets of Munich.

The works in the exhibition “why am I so good?” try to ask the question, from this blind point of view, not from above. They reveal, from the inside, something about our self-admiration and admiration of others.

19a. A still life is a representation of anything that does not move or is dead. In French, the still life is called “nature morte,” (literally “dead nature”).

19b. What are we humans trying to signal to each other, through dressing our bodies and our homes? Questioning the perfect balance of survival—blending in or standing out—Anna and Märtas Hide & Seek exhibition.

To tempt, to seduce, to bewitch, to entrap, to wink, to flash, to caution, to scream. The duality of Sirens conjures vivid images that can be linked to the powerful capabilities of jewelry. Sirens is a collection of new work from the JV Collective, a group of six female artists based in Philadelphia.

7 Countries_12 Cities_12 Artists and how they are influenced in their work by their living environment. The current works of the participating artists from geographically, structurally and scenic different – large or small cities – reflect all this conditions.

In this exhibition the cousins Vermandere re-introduce and re-use old print-related materials. Graphic artist Jan Vermandere made prints of faces constructed with the alphabets of old ‘wooden typefaces’. Jewelry artist Peter Vermandere made a collection of graphic brooches to combinations with rough and fuzzy diamonds.

2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the 1. International Silver Smithing Symposium Jablonec’68. Die Neue Sammlung is devoting an exhibition to this unique historical moment in the history of studio jewelry that will once again feature the jewelry items created back then.

The diversity of the exhibited objects reflects how the artists have been influenced by their experiences abroad from a technical and cultural point of view. An invitation to wandering, dawdling and to unexpected encounters, this exhibition puts the light on pathway thoughts and knowledge transmission.

Mariko Kusumoto’s work reflects various, observable phenomena that stimulates mind and senses; they can be natural or man-made. A playful, happy atmosphere pervades her work. She hopes the viewer experiences discovery, surprise and wonder through her work.

Yael Friedman, a contemporary jeweler, connects the world of toys and jewelry in a series of works that emerge from research on puzzles.Her creations call to be moved, played with, and manipulated, sparking unexpected interactions and dialog between the ornament and its wearer.

Hatara Project is back in Munich with Annea Lounatvuori, Christine Jalio, Melina Lindroos, Jelizaveta Suska, Ginta Grube, Helmi Lindblom and Wiebke Pandikow. With Time Perception Vol.IIII we return to Munich Jewelry Week with pieces telling tales of memory and misunderstanding, of crystallized moments and home and the need for simple joys, of the sea and things left at the edge of it.

Leading minimalism to the final point of a jewelry armageddon – a true goldsmith nightmare!

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YES! It’s time to celebrate because BLANCO just entered it’s 5th year!nFor the past and coming years BLANCO aims to stand out from the crowd and bring together young and ambitious designers each with a different perspective on jewellery

Martin Zuber and his former apprentice Nora Reitelshöfer team up to present their unique collections in Martin’s beautiful studio. They both follow their strong individual tastes to create contemporary jewelry.

Fundamental Matter presents the work of four jewelers who work in divergent ways, all at the edge of making. Views on origin and meaning are intertwined, pushing at and laying out boundaries individual to each artist.

7 Dialects, 1 Word is a reference to how people find different ways to express the same thing.Working individually towards a united theme, seven people are coming together in this exhibition of new works. Abstracted creations about this defined topic will be varied in form and material as each artist works in their own style to contribute to a group discussion.

Popeye loves Olive Art Space hosts an exhibition platform during Munich Jewellery Week by inviting a group of 14 Greek artists to meet the Mexican artist Jorge Manilla and to develop a joint project on Hidden Curriculum, Identity and Proxemics.

The exhibition is about the increasing fusion of real and virtual worlds and the role of nature, technology, perception, and communication in this context. How do jewelry makers react to this environment and what positions do they take?

”Foul Play” seeks permanence in a throwaway culture. Made for a rising generation that has mastered the catered image of self. Aluminum car rims, bronze chandeliers and old silver jewelry, melted in an onsite foundry, are accented with found objects- making the works almost entirely manufactured from 21st century human waste.

Both Einat Leader and Shirly Bar-Amotz create jewellery pieces that take a stand on the complex contemporary reality surrounding them. The exhibition creates a landscape of tantalizing images, combining the familiar with the estranged.

Most of us humans need icons to look up to and follow their path. Heroes push us further to find our inner strength permitting us to make crucial decisions to improve our lives. Their bravery becomes a moral incentive propelling us to take action helping to make the world a better place for everyone.

London based punk group Scrotum Clamp are back for Munich Jewellery Week. Icons of the contemporary jewellery scene, the Clamp marry cutting-edge jewellery design with environmental awareness and a keen sense of iconoclastic ‘art brut’ irreverence.

Stralen & Reflecteren literally meaning “to shine and reflect” is a travelling exhibition project bringing together new works by twelve international designers and artists who trained and/or are currenty based in the Netherlands.

Perfect Strangers is a contemporary jewellery exhibition about paradoxes and interaction between materials, views, culture and people. Strangers come together and create an event that emphasises the beauty of differences.

QI WANG studies the emotional interactions between jewellery and people; more specifically, the research is focused on the analysis on the five basic senses: vision, audition, olfaction, somatosensation and gustation.